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Vco 566

A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is a circuit that generates an oscillating output signal, such as a square wave or triangle wave, whose frequency is determined by an externally applied control voltage. The IC566 is a popular integrated circuit implementation of a VCO, containing circuitry that uses a Schmitt trigger and external resistor and capacitor to linearly charge and discharge the capacitor, producing the oscillating output. The frequency of the output signals can be adjusted over a range by varying the control voltage applied to the IC566.

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Vco 566

A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) is a circuit that generates an oscillating output signal, such as a square wave or triangle wave, whose frequency is determined by an externally applied control voltage. The IC566 is a popular integrated circuit implementation of a VCO, containing circuitry that uses a Schmitt trigger and external resistor and capacitor to linearly charge and discharge the capacitor, producing the oscillating output. The frequency of the output signals can be adjusted over a range by varying the control voltage applied to the IC566.

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VCO

A Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) is a circuit that provides a varying output signal (typically
of square-wave or triangular-wave form) whose frequency can be adjusted over a range controlled
by an externally applied DC voltage.
The VCO provides a linear relationship between the applied voltage and the oscillation frequency.
The applied voltage is called control voltage.
The control of frequency with the help of control voltage is known as voltage to frequency
conversion. Hence VCO is otherwise known as Voltage to frequency converter.
Practically VCO is available in IC form. IC 566 (LM566/SE566) from Signetics is a popular VCO.
IC 566 contains circuitry to generate both squarewave and triangular-wave signals whose
frequency is set by an external resistor and capacitor and then varied by an applied dc voltage.
IC 566 is an 8 pin IC,
 Two output pins for Square and Triangular outputs.
 The frequency of the Square and Triangular waves are function of the input voltage applied
at Pin 5. This input voltage is also called as Modulating Input voltage.
 The Frequency of the output voltage is determined by R1 , C1 and Control Voltage Vc
Figure 1 shows that the 566 contains current sources to charge and discharge an external capacitor
C1 at a rate set by external resistor R1 and the control dc input voltage.
A Schmitt trigger circuit is used to switch the current sources between charging and discharging
the capacitor, and the triangular voltage developed across the capacitor and square wave from the
Schmitt trigger are provided as outputs through buffer amplifiers.
Figure 1. Block diagram of IC566
Principle of Operation
 The op-amp A1 is used a buffer.
 The op-amp A2 is used as Schmitt trigger.
 The op-amp A3 is used a an Inverter.
 The Voltage Vc is applied to the modulation input pin which is a control voltage.
 The capacitor C1 is linearly charged or discharged by a constant current source.
 The charging current can be controlled by controlling the voltage Vc at pin 5 or by
varying the resistance R1 which is external to the IC.
 The charging and discharging levels are determined by the Schmitt trigger
 The output voltage of Schmitt trigger is designed to swing between +V and 0.5V
 For Ra= Rb, the voltage at non-inverting terminal swings between 0.5(+V) to 0.25(+V).
 Thus the triangular wave is generated due to alternate charging and discharging of the
capacitor C1 in linear manner.
 When C1 voltage increases beyond 0.5(+V), the ST output goes low, and the capacitor
starts discharging.
 When the voltage becomes less than 0.25(+V), the output of the ST goes high.
 Due to similar current sources used for charging and discharging, the time taken by C1 to
charge and discharge is same. This produces exact triangular wave.
 The output of the ST is step response, which is a square wave output.
Fig. Wave forms of VCO

Features:
1. Wide supply voltage range 10-24V
2. Very Linear Modulation characteristics
3. High temperature stability
4. Excellent power supply rejection
5. 10 to 1 Frequency range with fixed C1
6. The frequency can be controlled by means of current, voltage, resistor or capacitor.
Example

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